Automate Excel File(Read & Write) Functionality for Selenium Java with Limitations

To automate Excel file read and write functionality for Selenium Java, you can use the Apache POI library.

POI is a free and open-source library that provides a Java API for reading and writing various types of Microsoft Office files, including Excel.

To use POI in your Selenium Java project, you will need to add the following JAR files to your classpath:

• poi-ooxml-4.1.2.jar
• poi-4.1.2.jar
• poi-excelant-4.1.2.jar
• poi-scratchpad-4.1.2.jar
• xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar

Once you have added the POI JAR files to your classpath, you can start reading and writing Excel files using the following steps:

1. Create a Workbook object using the WorkbookFactory class.
2. Get the Sheet object for the sheet that you want to read or write to.
3. Use the Row and Cell classes to read and write data from the sheet.
4. Close the Workbook object when you are finished.

Here is an example of how to read data from an Excel file using POI and Selenium Java:

Java

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class ReadExcelFile {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // Create a WebDriver object
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        // Create a Workbook object
        Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(new FileInputStream("C:\\path\\to\\excel\\file.xlsx"));
        // Get the Sheet object for the sheet that you want to read from
        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
        // Iterate over the rows and cells in the sheet
        for (int i = 0; i < sheet.getLastRowNum() + 1; i++) {
            Row row = sheet.getRow(i);
            for (int j = 0; j < row.getLastCellNum() + 1; j++) {
                Cell cell = row.getCell(j);
                // Get the value of the cell
                String value = cell.getStringCellValue();
                // Do something with the value of the cell
                System.out.println(value);
            }
        }
        // Close the Workbook object
        workbook.close();
        // Close the WebDriver object
        driver.quit();
    }
}

Use code with caution.

Here is an example of how to write data to an Excel file using POI and Selenium Java:

Java

import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.WorkbookFactory;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class WriteExcelFile {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        // Create a WebDriver object
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        // Create a Workbook object
        Workbook workbook = WorkbookFactory.create(new FileInputStream("C:\\path\\to\\excel\\file.xlsx"));
        // Get the Sheet object for the sheet that you want to write to
        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
        // Create a new row
        Row row = sheet.createRow(0);
        // Create a new cell in the row
        Cell cell = row.createCell(0);
        // Set the value of the cell
        cell.setCellValue("This is a new value");
        // Write the changes to the Workbook object
        workbook.write(new FileOutputStream("C:\\path\\to\\excel\\file.xlsx"));
        // Close the Workbook object
        workbook.close();
        // Close the WebDriver object
        driver.quit();
    }
}

Use code with caution.

Limitations of automating Excel file read and write functionality for Selenium Java with Apache POI:

• POI does not support all Excel features, such as macros and charts.
• POI can be slow to read and write large Excel files.
• POI can be difficult to use, especially for complex Excel files.

If you need to automate the reading and writing of complex Excel files, you may want to consider using a commercial Excel automation library.